CVE-2007-0823
xterm on Slackware Linux 10.2 stores information that had been displayed for a different user account using the same xterm process, which might allow local users to bypass file permissions and read other users' files, or obtain other sensitive…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
xterm on Slackware Linux 10.2 stores information that had been displayed for a different user account using the same xterm process, which might allow local users to bypass file permissions and read other users' files, or obtain other sensitive information, by reading the xterm process memory. NOTE: it could be argued that this is an expected consequence of multiple users sharing the same interactive process, in which case this is not a vulnerability.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- slackware/slackware linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0012.html
- http://gotfault.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/a-funny-case/Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/33651
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0012.html
- http://gotfault.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/a-funny-case/Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/33651
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.